Resident Satisfaction 2025/2026

The Regulator of Social Housing has introduced a set of clear and comparable performance measures (called ‘Tenant Satisfaction Measures’ or TSMs) for all Housing Associations on things that matter to residents so that they can understand their landlord’s performance.

FGCH carried out a total of 632 surveys between 28/05/2025 and 19/02/2026, we carried out quarterly surveys during 25/26 using large-scale resident engagement TSM Survey questions  to understand how residents feel about the services we provide and to be sure services are being delivered in the way and to the standard that residents want.  The survey have been carried out by Acuity Research & Practice Ltd on our behalf.

In 25/26, FGCH completed TSM surveys with a sample of residents. The sample size was chosen to ensure that the level of statistical accuracy set out by the regulator of social housing was met. FGCH must ensure that they survey enough residents to meet a statistical accuracy (margin of error at 95% confidence interval). of +/- 5%. During 25/26 FGCH completed 632 TSM surveys, FGCH have 2391 properties which means a statistical accuracy level of +/- 2.3% was achieved which is a greater level of accuracy than required.

The survey results are published in the table below alongside performance information relating to building safety, complaints handling and handling anti-social behaviour. 

Our performance for 2024/25

Overall Satisfaction
Overall Satisfaction  64%

Keeping our homes in good repair
Satisfaction with repairs 76%
Satisfaction with the time taken to complete repair 70%
Satisfaction that the home is well maintained 66%
Proportion of homes that do not meet Decent Homes Standards 0%
Non-emergency responsive repairs completed within target (28 days) 94%
Emergency responsive repairs completed within target (24 hours) 99%

Maintaining building safety
Satisfaction that we provide a home that is safe 75%    
Homes where all required gas safety checks have been carried out 100%  
Homes where all required fire risk assessments have been carried out 100% 
Homes where all required asbestos management or re-inspections have been carried out 100%
Homes where all required legionella risk assessments have been carried out 100%
Homes where all required communal passenger lift safety checks have been carried out 100%

Respectful and helpful engagement
Satisfaction that we listen to residents views and acts upon them 54.1% 
Satisfaction that we keep residents informed 63%
Satisfaction that we treat residents fairly and with respect 72%

Effective complaints handling
Satisfaction with our approach to handling complaints 36% 
Number of Stage One complaints received per 1,000 homes 55.3
Number of Stage One complaints responded to within the Housing Ombudsman's Complaint Handling Code timescales 63%
Number of Stage Two complaints received per 1,000 homes 12
Number of Stage Two complaints responded to within the Housing Ombudsman's Complaint Handling Code timescales 100%

Responsible neighbourhood management
Satisfaction that we keep communal areas clean and well maintained 61% 
Satisfied that we make a positive contribution to neighbourhoods 50%
Satisfaction with our approach to handling anti-social behaviour 47%
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes 21.1
Anti-social behaviour cases opened that involve hate incidents 0

 

 

Data collection methodology

  • Residents’ contact details were provided by us to MEL Research who divided them into two groups: Residents for whom an email address was available and residents who did not have an email address
  • An email was sent to residents inviting them to take part in the survey, including a QR code to complete the survey online.  One week later a telephone survey began, contacting residents who hadn't completed the survey online and those for whom no email address was available
  • The TSM questions were programmed into a survey script by MEL Research with all survey data held by MEL Research for analysis that was reported back to us in November 2024
  • Targets were set based on our Low Cost Rental Accommodation (LCRA) stock for property type, number of bedrooms, gender and age
  • First Garden Cities Homes (FGCH) has not included Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO) data in the published TSM results.
  • The final data collected from Low Cost Rental Accommodation residents has been weighted to ensure that it represents the overall profile of Low Cost Rental Accommodation residents. Representativeness information is shown below.

Representativeness

It was important that the results of the survey was representative of our resident population as a whole. FGCH assessed the representativeness against the following criteria:

 

Criteria

Resident Population

Survey Sample

Property Type

 

 

Bungalow

8%

9%

Flat

15%

16%

Maisonette

6%

6%

House

50%

46%

Sheltered / Supported

21%

23%

 

Age

 

 

Under 35

16%

11%

35 - 59

43%

35%

60+

39%

52%

Unknown

2%

2%

 

 

 

Gender

 

 

Male

37%

39%

Female

63%

61%

 

 

 

Number of Bedrooms

 

 

0 (Bedsit)

1%

1%

1

27%

31%

2

40%

41%

3

31%

27%

4

1%

1%